Coming soon to a hospital room and waiting area near you will be new, green patient belongings bags and green zip-lock “patient pouches.” The new patient belongings materials were devised by the 2001 ASCEND Team for the Management of Patient Belongings. Throughout June, the Team will be launching their new materials as part of a hospital-wide effort to eliminate the loss of patient belongings and improve patient satisfaction.
The new and improved patient belongings bags and pouches, designed to hold and transport smaller, and more easily lost items, such as glasses and dentures, will be available in late June. Please help BWH by staying attuned to these changes, and join the “Green Team” to decrease lost belongings. For further information, contact Gretchen Flack at ext. 2-7086.